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CONFESSION 



or THE 



eoNomi^i^rsG his devices, 

IN 

POLITICS -A.NB RELIGION. 



«EVEI>f HIM AVKOSE COMING fs ATTER THS WORK- 
ING OE «ATAN WITH ALL POWER AND SIGNS 



A^D LYING WONDERS/ 



6^ Paul 




^^WB ARJS 3yOT IGNORANT OF BflS BEVICES.'* 

: . SL Feter. 



By D. A. Balcom. 



SECOND il^DITION. 



Trice 25 CenU^ 



PRINTED 
FOR THE AUTHOR AT THE OyFlCE 01* THB 

GENIUS OF LIBERTY, 

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3/4 3/ 

rO THE RE.iDER. ZE> 3 

Tfie reader is here presented with this littte pam- 
flilety which represents satun speaking of Iiimself^ and 
giving a history of the transactions of men: Begin^ 
mng with the frst estaUishment of monarehul govern- 
ment^ and shoiiing its parallel connexion with law- 
regulated ar potdical religion^ The sage historian 
may refresh his memQry^ in more Hian ffiy hisiorical 
facts y which he has recul before, while others may re- 
ceive useful inforrdation: the statements are mculefrom 
the most ttnquestionaUe authority, and challenge contra' 
diction: there are some characters, however, that 
are dissatisfed,for this vbvious reaEon-— facts are stub-^ 
horn things, and these are against them. The first edi- 
iio^ibore the title of The JDevU on Folitics, or the Histo- 
ry of Foiitical Religion. It was deem.ed expedient to 
alter it, because it is not a proper name to introduce in- 
id fofSiilies for common use — it was i^ecommended by a 
mimherofthe most respectable gentlemen in the county 
"where it was p/ublished: this recommer^ation is omittedf 
and this second edition is submitted to the candid deci- 
sion of a genermis public, while all true friends to re- 
piUican government and religions toleration are assur^ 
^^ of being gratified in the re^xMng^ 



or THE 

PRIKCE OF BJIRKNEBB, 



MY name is Prince of Darkness, th(r aiithdr 
of delusion. Among the hosts of morning stars I 
held conspicuous rank. I am he that rebelled in 
Heaven, and ten thousand thunders drove me dowii 
to the dire vaults of hell. I am the s^Yorn and eternal 
enemy both of God and man. It \vas my scductiou 
that made an inlet to all human misery: for man, as- 
sailed by sly insinuations, yielded to the flattering ser- 
pent; and like me, rebelied against his God. Thus- 
eartli and hell combined to own me for their Lord; 
for when I would not serve in heaven, I was resolved 
to reign in hell. There tyranny first reared its dire- 
ful head, and from the dark regions of despair, it 
soon ascended to the earth; for v.hlle I reigned over 
men, they participated largely in the same ambition^ 
and began to reign over each other. Thus origin- 
ated tlie tyrannical succession of king afteji' king> 
from Nimrod to the regent-Prince of England an^A 
hl« cotemporaries. 

*Sec Edwards' History of Redemption, page Sp?, 



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A monarchical fonn of government owes its origin 
to me, and moiiarchs sway tiieir sceptres by my im- 
mediate controL Time would fail to tell all my #n- 
terprizes, in the Assyrian, Egyptian, Persian, Ro- 
limn, or Grecian monarchies: But be it known that 
I was there, and not only there; but I inspired the an- 
cient Jews to say to Samuel, give us a king. 

In joint connection with this kind of government, I 
have, in every age, had my religion, which was, and 
is established and supported bylaw. This is one en- 
tire principle in its thousand forms: it is always im- 
anaterial to me, who, how or where, men worship, 
even if they profess to worship God, if they do not 
worship him ^n?ispiriZ andintruth.^^ Nimrod, the first 
tyrant, chose to worship the fire, and all who would 
not bow to his God, were condemned to be destroyed 
jby its fiames: Ids religion was establishtd by lciu\ 

Fev/, very few, in ancient times, choose to bow be- 
fore the King of Heaven, and in humble prostration, 
adore the true and living God. Why should I men- 
tion a righteous Abel, a wicked Cain, a blessed Isaac, 
or a persecuting Ishmael, while I have always had as 
many religions as people, which have served for ienu 
porary purposes? But when the Sun of Righteousuf ss 
had gilded the earth with his golden rays, my Dian- 
nas Vfere exposed by the glaring splendor of his gos- 
pel, an4 were ready to totter and fall to the ground- 

I then rallied all the powers of earth and hell, to 
make a most tremendous sortie upon the advancing 
ranks of Emanuel; but ten successive pei^ociitions, 
imder my flint-hearted Nero, and his successors, had 
only served to fan the chaff from the churcli, and 
leave increasing multitudes, the humble, happy fol- 
lowers of Zion's King, In spite of all my exertions 
t>y fire and sword, the word of God grew> ^^and 
mightily prevailed f^^ while each revolving year found 
^ew invasions^ made in my empire of Darkness: and 



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thus I passed flirce hundred painful years^ and sa^' 
Christianity perrade the world to an incredible de- 
gree, while Pagan darkness vanislied from its pi^s- 
cnce like the shadows of the night before the morn- 
ing sun. Tlius foiled, thus over-powered and deceiv- 
ed, I sought for anew method to oppose tlie rising 
glory of the Redeemer; for this purpose, I profess- 
ed Christianity myself. I hailed th® auspicious reign 
of Constantine the great, for here I first established 
political religion: here I was enabled to make a sig- 
nal display of that system, which has been so long ib- 
menting in my teeming brains. 

1 sallied forth from my infernal den, and stormed 
the castle of Prince Emanuel — revolutionized his gov- 
ernment on earth, and took possession of his throne, 
and placed in his seat the man of sin, who exalted him» 
self above all that was called God; and as God, sat i» 
the temple (or church) of God, and was worshipped as 
God. You w ill readily understand^ that all thos* 
who venerated the name of Christ, and his Holy Re- 
ligion, made a very precipitate retreat from the un- 
hallowed presence of the Papal Beast. They fled 
to the sequestered vale of Piedmont, there to maintaijti 
the service of Christ, and walk in humble obedience 
to his heavenly mandates. In a short time the 
church, which was called the ^church of Christ,' 
was left wholly at the control of his Royal 
Highness. It now became a ])olitical clmrch; for 
his Holiness was head of both church and state. I 
changed the characters of those who belonged to tht 
churchj not only so, but also the laws, rules and or- 
dinances of the church, and although the religion of 
Christ, in its primitive purity, was very illy adapted 
to my case, or to men of corrupt minds; yet in its mod- 
ified state, under the direction of the "Man of Sin,'^ 
1 know 11 jt of any clause to \yhich we might rea>soim- 
-.&]y objeet. 



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I always delighted in mpnarchical goremment, 
and here 1 had one which was in every respect agree- 
lable to my will, and here, for the first time, I had ray 
famous engine of darkness in complete operatioji.,^ L 
trust this system w ill never end w hile I hold my scep- 
tre; and although it is now greatly in appearance de- 
preciated, yet it remains the same in ten thousand 
substantial forms, as when it blo6med in its native 
Rome ' It consisted at first of an ingenious union of 
church 'and state: and to this present day, if church 
end State can be united, it is aU that I can ask or 
ifvish for* 

While many clergymen, both ancient and modern^ 
have either forgotten, or never knew that friendship 
with the worid is enmity against God; I have always 
reGollected that the Kingdom of Christ is )iot of this 
world: In short, I need not hesitate to say, that man^ 
in his fallen state, bears a great resemblance to me: 
Am I an enemy of God? So is he! Am I the servant 
of sin? So is he! Am I opposed to holiness? So is 
he] Am I an enemy of truth? So is he! Hence, there 
is a perfect harmony in our religious sentiments: I 
siever feel at all dissatisfied with that religion that 
passes for current coin among men. 

The successor of St. Peter, arose to the summit of 
]>ower and assumed the title of uxmERSiX bishop; 

.SOVEREIGN POXTIFP; CHRIST's VICAR; PRIIVCE o? 

the apostxes; god ox earth; zord god the 
pope; his hoxixess; king oe kings and xofjd 
OF xoRDs; prince over All. nations and king- 

llOMS; THE most HOLT; MOST BLESSED; MASTER 
IJE THE UNIVERSAL WORLD; FATHER OF KINGS; 
LIGHT OF THE WORLD; MOST HIGH AND SOVB- 

i^EiGN BISHOP, kc. kc.^ yct he was but a tool cf 
^iiiue. 

^3[|i^l i/i Aiilichrifit; page 4 1 . 



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^'hus I held a long and unmolested reign, while in- 
quisitions, whips, racks, tortures, and stakes, combined 
to render the earth subservient to my infernal will, a 
hell complete! During the long and fiend-like reign 
of Papal Supremacy, more than tliree millions of mar- 
tyrs were slain for heresy! about the same number had 
been slain for being christians, in the three fii'st cer^ 
turies, previous to my professing religion!! 

My empii^e of darkness, had been occasionally in- 
vaded by a Claude, of Turin, in Piedmont, by a Pe- 
ter de Bruys, and Henry his disciple, a Peter Wald# 
of Lyons, in France, a Wicklif,=^ a John Huss, and Jer- 
ome of Prague; but these all had to atone for their foU 
ly with their blood. They were overcome by tht 
BEAST, who was permitted by Heaven, to mak# 
war with the Saints^ 

At length, when I least expected it, the foundatioa 
of my moltly fabrick was sapped to the centre, by a 
combinationL of events, all conspiring to compleat my 
overthrow: the Waldenses had been scattered abroad 
by the persecuting sword of our armies, and convey- 
ed the light of truth to all those regions where tlier 
had been driven. In this, I saw toolate^ that I had 
been an involuntary servant of the Great Jehovah;f 
for had the Waldenses been suffered to remain in tht 

*Wicklif was not executed, but died a peaceful death, 
at Lutterworth, in England, in 1387; but about forty 
years after, his bones were dug up, by order of the coun* 
cil of Constance, and publicly burnt. [Benedict's Hist©- 
ry, vol. I5 page 35.] 

tThe same may be said concerning the captirity and 
dispersion of the Jews, by the Babylonians, as the sacred 
scriptures were thereby circulated, and the way prepar- 
ed for the spreadmg of the gospel among the heathens* 
^^jr^e wrath o/mcn; and (kvih ^Iso^ 9hall firaise him'[ 



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Tale of Piedmont, in peacef.il enjorment of their reli*^ 
gion, I could have had very iiltle to fear from then:; 
but by their dispersion, the world vvas enlightened, to 
prepare the way for that memorable reformation, un- 
der Martin Lnther. 

I arose in consternation to oppose the advancin^^ 
legions, both by foi'ce and fraud; but opposition was 
all in vain: the ''Old Mother of Harlots*^ w:as convuls- 
ed in every limb, and exhibited strong symptoms of 
approaching desolution. 

^Yhen I found tliat a reformation would inevitably 
take place, and tl)at ail the world w^ould no longer 
^'Wonder afttr the Baast^^^ I resolved to gaover to the 
predominant party, and all that was necessary for me 
to do, was to make the reformation a political thing: 
this Avas accomplished, by engaging Princes and 
Kings to take an active part in it; and this they wert 
easily persuaded to do, for they had now grown tired 
of those dreadful bulls, which had for a long time held 
them in terror, and even reduced some of them to th« 
humiliating necessity of walking bare-footed on peas: 
many of them had been actually dispossessed of theijr 
crow^ns, by the usurpation of the three-headed Mon- 
ster, 

In ihe vast oyerturns which were made by the re- 
formation, a national or political Church was estab* 
jished in England, (where popery had held its 
direful reign, and drank the blood of thousands, from 
King TIthelbert to Her/ry the eighth, a space of al- 
most a thousand years,) which Church was, and is a 
iegiiimate daughter of the OZd Mother of Harlots, and 
abomination of the earth, and bore the image of her 
mother, huge and deformed as she was: For v. ben I 
found that they were determined to dissent from the 
Homish church, I came forwaixl with a constitution 
Irpfh for church and state, and Henry the VITI. and 

' %i§ successors, became tlie head of both: att4 it wai^ 



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immaterial to me who B^re tlie swaj^ church <^ 
state^ if chey were only uuitod, blended, and compact- 
ed together; tiiere^ire till^J new ni ^argeiiient exactly 
snuted iiiy oM policy^ ibr all the ccrcinonies and ser- 
vices agreed i.} essence, and it was ot* no coiiseqiience 
to me whether the service was performed in Latin or 
in Eiiglish. I was as imich gratiacd to see Protest- 
ants punish dissenters, as to see the Pope punish Pro- 
testants, and it yielded lae an erfaal revenue of blood: 
but I aiust hasten to America^ for that is the principal 
Object of my storvo 

From my malevolent proceediiigs, dissentei's Irom 
the church had a lonj^ time been scattered abroad, 
and burnt and destroy 1 a number of presbyte- 

rians escaped the devo...-..,^ ilames, and fled to the 
wild and hostile climes of A;nerica, Here 1 left 
them to multiply, and establish their ov/n rcligioil^ for 
my attention was not at first arrested to pur^n them: 
but the God of peace, whom I hate^ iiicrease- vheir 
numbers and their blessinp;s, and I saw tlie^n rising 
to the height of earthly bliss, and hasted to raise ihe 
brutal savage arm, to cut off, forevei^, their expecta- 
tions, and irustriito God's design; for he had brot^ght 
good for evil, and turned the sliadov of death into the 
morning to them. Bat he that binds my active feet 
with brazen fetters and counteracts my base designs, 
brought them through the horrid scene of blood and 
carnage, and left them to repose under the shade of 
their own lovely vine. I then retired nith rage, and 
gnawed my iron chain in disappointment: in my 
phrenzy I flew to France, and raised tlie avarice an4 
envy, of old King Louis, against the infantde race, 
scattered through the lonesome wdlds of the new dis- 
covered world: then did I rejoice to see the torrents 
of blood, run dow^n the fertile plains, and I listened 
with attention to the sound of warriors, going forth 
1^ battle. But in spite of the combined powers of tbft 



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pencil and Imliaiis, this affair teraiinatcd in fav^a^ 
of tlie sons of ColiiiiiLir., ai.d again \vere Americans 
left to repose in the arms cf peace. Heaven's smiles 
distilled upon Iheui; their fertiie llelds, their Jowing f 
lierds and bleating fiocks, brought plenty unto them; 
and they hcgii]i ^o feast ar;d reign like kings. Inow 
began to feel vineasY with my situation; for although | 
I had along time ualked up and down in the British 
empire, seeking whom I might devour: yet the helm 
of government had r.ever been unreservedly conmiit* 
ted to me. I tlierefore waited on the king in peisoa, 
and proposed a ricw arrangement, and made the fol 
lov/ing covenant v»ith hun: 

Satan, tiic Prince of Darkness, ofthe one part, and 
George the third, king of Great Eritain, ofthe other 
piirt, do bind theuiseives, as follows: Firstly^ The 
party ofthe f;rst part is to take, possess, and hold iim 
reigns of government vested in the hands of the party 
cf the second part. Secondlij^ His Britannic Majes- 
ty and the ministry, are to act.as.vicegerants ori the 
throne, and by the immediate direction of his majesty 
the Prince of Darkness, who binds himself by all the 
powers beneath, to distinguish the reign fi'om all the 
kings who have gone before him. 

I now had the Vt hole control of the British empire, 
and began my scheme of operation, turning the world 
upside dowuj and spreading confusion and destruction 
on its surface. America now-contairied thirteen col«- 
onies, called the thirteen united colonies: and although 
I had paid no great attention to them; yet I paid them 
occasional visits from time to time: They all pi^actised 
under dinerent charters, and were favored with gov- 
ernors from the fast-anchored isle: and as these colo- 
nies were principally settled with emigrants from i 
gome country where political religion vvasprevalent, 
they brought the seeds with them, which were plant- 
^ in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Comiecticut^ 



On my first visits I found it in a reVy iinculti^ 
vated state^ for it wanted the culture of idy plastie 
hand, wirlioat wliicli it can never flourish. Ro^^ey- 
er, i soon caused the brow of the New-Snglaud fatli- 
ei's to knit in frowns on the obiiaxlous dissentei^s; 
lind when I had sni^veyed the wooden world, and iti^ 
iiihabliauts, I ibaiid eveiy circumstance relative to 
them, conspiriri^ to promote xnr future interest in 
the establishment of Political Religion; for the popu- 
lace consisted of various classes, possessing diiier- 
ent sentiiiients: these, by a little enkindling, might b© 
easily raised to a ilame^ and bura with vehement rage 
against each other. And altlioiigh many of them had 
fied from persecution, in tlieir native country, yet 
they professed a vvillingness to enter into persecuting 
measures themselves, for they supposed their own re- 
ligion might be established by law, witii propriety: 
and when religion is established by law, then I hav© 
no more to fear from its influence or eiTect; it is then 
Political. 

The religion of the presbyterians became popular 
in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and the religion 
orf the church of England obtained a deep root in the 
strong soil of Virginia, and laws Vvere early enacted in 
favor of each, in their respective stations; consequent- 
ly, the old game was soon pla\^ed iu the new world, 
from which so many had lately fled in the old. In 
one thousand six hundred and fifty-one, old Obadiah 
Holmes? a Baptist preacher, was inliumanly whipt. 
I was present, and although it was far inferior to 
these great festivals of blood wliich I isad so long en- 
joyed in Europe^ as the revenue brought me by my 
satanicalUnvention; yet the prospect before me made 
the scene ])eculiarly interesting. This was hitherto 
called the land\of freedom; but I now found that Po- 
litical Religion could soon ens! aye the people with 
tiie galling chain of tyranny, and disperse every ap- 



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ptaraiice of that liberty so much detested by nrtt. 
Tliirigs remaliied in tliib sitiiatioji for a short time, 
Mid 1 foiriid the saiiiecausej producing the same sura 
eftect, here as vveil as ip* Europe: for from fining, im- 
prisoning and \\hipping, they soon proceeded to 
hanging! and the conscqiicnce was, that the poor thee 
and than men had tc stretch the haltei*. Time would . 
fail me to give a detail of all the triumphant scenes of 
barbavGuS persecirtion whicli transpired among the ' 
unprincipled churcli-men of Virginia, and the zealous 
forefathers of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Eut 
'with all my unwearied exertions, I never have 
been ab'e to estahiisii any lav. -regulated religion in 
Rhode island or Pennsylvania: the former was found- 
€d by Baptists, and tie latter hj Qiiakei^. New 
York once consented to pass an act relative to reli- 
gious regulation, and during the existence of the state, 
one man has been imprisoned four months for preach- 
ing tlie Gcspel there; but time has long since casf a 
re\} over those proceedings, and there are few who 
owt!)at ihey are so; and among the other col- 
onus 1 never gained a pcrmar-cnt standing, 
f^ When I had obtained the helin of goverrm-nt in the 
British kingdom, I took a general survey, viot only of 
the Island, but ofall her dependencies, and in survey- 
ing ihQ thirteen united colonies, I found a considera- 
ble balance against mc; for nniny of tJicm v.ere so fil- 
led with the principles of liberty, and the rights of 
man, that ihej wonid by no means hearken to my tle- 
•viceg, and I saw no other means to distnrb thei*r in- 
ci^asing happiness, but to make them ft el the oppres- 
siAc yoke of tyranny, and draw the cords of bon^ag® 
fast I :i:jGn tlicm* For this purpose, I directed the 
executioners of my will, to tax tUem with a grievous 
tax, and impose duties on tl^.e^r rommerce. Tl^is 
made xnj lieart rejoice; for I heard tliem sigh, and 
and their inward murmurings foretold rcbcliion»::> i 



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then prepared a sword, and determined to bring them 
to unconditioiuA siibmissioLi by the force of arms^ if 
tiiey should rebel. But I was not long held in suspence 
before an actual rebeiUou did take place. Fleets 
were immediately prepared, and soldiers embarked, 
to convey the horrors of British barbarity to the re- 
bellious sons of strife. Thus all accoutred and pre- 
pared, they soon began the horrid execution of my 
imperial commands. I, transported, saw the over- 
whelming storms of sorrow^ rise. 1 rode triunvphant, 
swift passing over the flood, and took possession of 
the hearts of tories and prepared them to arise and 
fight against the stubborn sons of disobedience. 
Then swift repassing, I gave command to prosecute 
the war with all that inhumanity which usually 
forms a prominent feature in the character of the 
British lions. Again were the helpless women and 
innocent children immersed beneath the boisterous 
waves of savage brutality; for our red allies of the 
woods were called to assist the magnanimous Britons 
in the subjugation of tlie turbuleV.t Americans, 
France lent assistance to young Columbia, and then 
I had the satisfaction to see the French, English, In- 
dians and Americans, contending face to face, and 
heavy blows ensued. 

But He, whose power I dread, appeared on the 
Side of young Columbia. His Majesty's forces were 
repolled, and after seveii hard years of ^\ar. were 
forced to leave the tragic scene, and give the ho^-pless 
cantest over. So peace returned invi'8:ora^ed witli ten 
th -^sand blessings. Liberty, Independence, and T^e- 
public, were her attendants; all destructive enemies 
to me. With i)ain I saw the heroic Washin^^on 
resign liis power to Congress, and haste to "lay 
the foundation stone of a Federal representative Re- 
public. Oh! Republic, Republic, how destructive to 
txie powers of darkness! how repugnant to my wilU 




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It lays a political foundation for llie free-spread of 
gospel truths and is that goveriiiiient which the gos- 
pel does establisli: it abolishes forever all my la\v-re- 
gidated religion, and leaves the conscience free. It 
leaves the uiinister to be supported by Christ's au- 
thority, and not by assessment and secular foixe. It 
leaves men free to worship when or where they 
please, without compulsion or mclestation; free to 
Build or not build meeting-houses; free to go to meet- 
ing or not to go: it gives any man liber- y to preach 
(with or without license) what and where he pleases, 
without reference to parish lines and Popish institu- 
tions. How do the sons of despair repine, to see men 
enjoy tliat freedom, liberty, and equality, to which 
themselves are strangers! I withdrew from the sictc- 
ening sight, and composed myself a little, in order 
to devise a plan for his majesty, to pick another quar- 
I'el with somebody, in order tliat the kingdom might 
lioiirish again; for war is a game that John Bull 
must play at or starve; and the American war was a 
very uuluck}^ game to him. France was the nextob- 
joct to wiiich our forces vv ere directed; but time will 
fail me should I relate the circumstances of this war. 
I glanced a wisJiful eye on the rising doath-maul 
in America, wliere I had lost forever all hope of 
domineering in Politics or Religion. I grew des- 
pondent and retired to the Pandemonium or palace of 
despair. There I walked in pensive silence, and a 
settled meianclmly pervaded my whole soul. I saw 
America next in rank to Paradise, (where I hat- se- 
duced the wretched gardeners,) and found no means 
at band to interoose between Americans and all liu- 
man felicity. AfteT passing some tiir.e in t))'s gloomy 
situation, ! began to reason thus w^itli myself: Why 
should I, who have so long been subject to disappoint- 
ment in all my hellish nrojects, be thus dismayed, and 
pass my time in lonesome idleness here? Perhaps 



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iliis is ail liaur pregricaiit with great events, and may 
terminate in soinetiiing mvorabie to me, i will ads* 
and exert m/scU* to ov erilirow that dreadful republic, 
and introd ice aiy hydra-headed manarchy in its 
stead. Taea svicli the wings ot a volatile, I flew to 
the paaceud real hs, where the new government was 
fbraiing. My pu^^pose was to be admitted as an as- 
sistant'm the ibnnation of the several constitutions, 
in ord^r to infasa ail the old bane into thein that was 
possible. Bat tne constitation of the United States 
was forned before my arrival; therefore nothing that 
I could wish to have introduced was inserted: Bow- 
ever, I succeeded in niak-iiig some of the states look 
very muc'i like the old Mother of Harlots' d:iiigiiter^ 
and on a careful examination,^! found room to intro- 
duce my Political Religion, fn part at least: and I 
have, nat long since, been highly pleased, to hear it 
said by some, tliat ^•G-reat Britain is the bulwark of 
onr religion.^' To tell the truth, I found many cier- 
/gymen who w^ere yqvj unwilling to hazard the conse- 
quence of being left without a legal fence around 
them to secure their salaries: these therefore were 
very prompt in their assistance to establish laws for 
their own suppDrt. I have often rejoiced in heart to sea 
goods distrained and sold, to pay ministerial taxes^ 
in what is called, and in many other instances is, a 
free country; and to add to my joy, sometimes a poor 
man's last cow, has been sold for this purpose. But 
I must return to my story: I had t!ie good fortune to 
introduce a hereditary form of government, also, in 
some of the states: it was thus contrived; the pro> ince 
of nominating oincers was given to the men in oliice, 
and altuDUgh the people have the privilege of choos- 
ing their own officers, yet t'ley m ist choose thosa 
whom the men in oSce pleise to nominate, and they 

*Great Britain. 



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are sure to nominate those whicli agre^ with theni m 
politics. I often laugh to see tiie honest yeonianr^ 
of Connecticut goin.^ to aii election, hoarsting all thtt 
way of their knowledge, their libei^tr, and independ- 
ence, and yet forbid to say any thing- about tiie men 
tliey vote for; for I have made them tliink that it is 
sin to electioneer, and beside all that, not one in five 
hundred knows v/hether he votes for a knave or a 
fool. I now resolved to introduce a new scheme of 
operation. I theii returned to England and selected 
a large band of emissaries^ from amongst the noble- 
blooded Britons: these were designed to act in con- 
cert with the sons of darkness. With my two de- 
partments in combination, I re-embarked for Ameri- 
ca. AYIi^n I had arri^fed, I ordered several paper 
batteries to be cast np against republican governmenl, 
where the British influence was discharged with good 
eifect. I hoped it would be diffused throughout tha 
very nerves of the eni}>ire, that I might thereby bring 
up my beloved plant hy graduation. 

I left my faithful servants to execute my orders, 
and returned to the Queen's palace in London, to 
consult what new measures to take relative to the 
kingdom at large. I then sat down in conference 
wdtli His Majesty, and put my inventions on the ten- 
ter. We were engaged in a war with France, but 
had not yet been able to overcome t!ie stub:) ;i;i 
Frenchmen: I therefore devised the following plan: 
first, to divide, and next, to conq^uer them. For thi-> 
purpose, I thought best to call home all our emissa- 
ries from America, and send them to France to oper- 
ate against her. Accordingly orders were despatch- 
ed for all those who were not immediately engaged as 
artillerymen, for I resolved to keep our paper can- 

t William Cobbett could give some information or 
this subject. # 



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non in constant motion. A new recruit of the sons 
of seduction was brought from the regions of despair, 
and united with those who were the natural produc- 
tion of Albion's fair isle. These w ere disciplined to- 
gether by my special command; and although I nev- 
er had imagined that devils could be equalled in tlie 
seducing art, yet candor compels me to acknowledge, 
that these were fairly outdone. I knew that a few 
Frenchmen had seen the fair tree of liberty planted 
in America? and I concluded they might be easily per- 
suaded to use their endeavors to establish the same in 
the baiTen soil of France. I hoped by this strata- 
gem, to cause a division, and thereby overcome 
the whole and save them any farther trouble about 
who should bear the pondrous weight of governmente 

When all things were in readiness^, I gave sailing 
orders, and fleet after fleet moved oyer the yielding 
waves, and bore the new" invented mode of warfare to 
the destined field of action; and wiiile the sable robe 
of night had clothed the earth with darkness, we as- 
sailed the shores of France, not much unlike the E- 
gyptian swarms of flies that moved in swift obedi- 
ence to the outstretched rod of Moses. 

I first gave orders to insist, that a republican gov- 
ernment was the best on earth, with a design to in- 
spire the minds of Frenchmen with a desire to enjoy 
the blessings resulting from the shade of liberty's fair 
tree. These, my orders, were diligently attended to, 
and with good success* for shortly, all France was fil- 
led with the flame of moboc^cy, and all the sound was 
liberty ! liberty ! Poor fools, said I, you shall never 
see liberty. At length, they all arose as one man; fil- 
led with the intoxicating draught, they flew to arm?, 
and surrounded the royal palace, made a prisoner of 
the declining Louis, whom they soon discharged, and 
sent to inhabit the mansions of the dead. At his de» 

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partufetlicy eried, vive lartpiMique^vwe laroi.^ Mosl 
of his family, likewise had tlie honor to accompany 
him in his last remove: but all this answered me 
but little purpose, for the work was carried on 
with such rapidity, that the British arms gained no 
advantage by the division^ for the force of our emis* 
saries was so great, that little or no opposition could 
he made on the part of the king. 

Wheii I saw that all my deep concerted plots had prov- 
ed fruitless, I was seriously alarmed at the consequen- 
ces resulting from my ill-fated expedition; for anoth- 
er dreadful republic was now seen rising in opposi- 
tion t» all that 1 hold dear. This therefore, demand- 
ed my immediate attention; for all that remained for 
me to do was to beat down that which I had so un- 
guardedly promoted. ^ 

I then made a division of the forces imder my com- 
Hfiand, and sent messengers to all the neighboring king- 
doms, with the unwelcome news of what had befallen 
me in France, accompanied by a request, that all who 
loved the cause of tyranny should come to my assist- 
ance. By these messengers, I also sent direct infor- 
mation that the gullotine was in constant operation in 
France, and If it were not immediately arrested in its 
]>rogress, all the crowned heads m the universe would 
fall victims to its rage. These measures, I trusted, 
would bring a {powerful attack t>n the limbs of the 
tree: meaFiWhile I began to dig about the roots, by 
Taisuio: iiirties'and divisions among the new posses^ 
sors of the sceptre: thus all my schemes in operation 
produced many potent foes without, and consternation 
and division within. Here I had as fair a prospect a^ 
ever shone upon a creature, fori deemed it an impos- 
sibility for France to survive the impending stroke, 
and fairly inferred that her national existence would 

^Long live thr republic, long live the king. 



soon terminate. Tlie tlioughts of addin.gso powerful 
a nation to the list of British depeiideacies, elevated 
luetoau uujjiiimo.a degree. But the sun which a- 
vosQ so f;iir5 ; oon became beclo-ided with tliick da^^k- 
ness; f jr tiie ^liighty Corsican appeared at the iiead of 
the French ar.iiy, and all gave way before hiiii; his 
mi^^dity works oade terro.* reign over all his eiie'.nies. 
England and all her sisters in combination fell before 
his ranks. Here I was again invaded by 
fticed disappointoient, and 
dew before the rising s:iii. HovVe^var, I concluded to 
try once more to overth^^ov the French repubiic. 

My orders then to all my faitliful sen^ants were, to 
cry destruction, destruction to the kingdom,^he divi- 
sions will ruin you; your government is nothing but a- 
iiarchy; your constitution is good for nothing, for it will 
alTord a guarantee to none. This kind of chat succeeded 
very well, and Bonaparte w^as introduced as emperor, 
to take the sceptre in his own hai^d and drive the coun- 
cil of live hundred through the avenues of the coun- 
cil house by the point of the bayonet; and although we 
could not master France ourselves, yet we gave her a 
master. 

This done, T withdrew all my emissaries from the 
sanguine field, and determined to make a new and 
vigorous attack upon America, heing fully determin- 
ed that all the remains of republicanism should come 
to the ground. At my arrival, I found things in a very 
favorable situation; my paper batteries were all in good 
repair, having been kept in constant motion in my ab- 
sence. I now concluded to display ^ome of my pro- 
jects on the government at large: for this purpose I 
invented a stamp act, an alien act; and to crown all, 
a sedition law; all these I had the satisfaction to see a- 
dopted. I now made rapid progress in establishing 
things according to my own wishes, and concluded 
Jshat the American republic would soon become sub- 




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servient to mj will, and be tyranny in all its forms. I 
tauntingly laughed to see men^ livyig in a free coun- 
try, and yet exposed to imprisonment and large fines, 
for speaking against the government: not only so. 
but to pay along catalogue of taxes, agreeing in'their 
nature with those imposed by tlie Pharoah-hearted 
princes of Europe. These wei^ all true limbs, not 
to say roots of monarchy, which yielded the true fruit: 
to speak more familiarly, I might say, they were sci- 
ons of tyranny engrafted into the tree of liberty. 

Here political religion began to spread its noxious 
boughs, and its pernicious roots took strong hold in 
their teeming swl. It was deemed necessary to im- 
port some of this wonderful plant from Great Bri- 
tain; therefore Dr. White, from Pennsylvania, 
and Dr. Provost, from New York, were conducted by 
John Adams, (the American Ambassador) to the arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, and consecrated Q;j^ bishops 
for America^ on the 4th of February, 1787. Tliey re- 
turned laden with their ecclesiastical commissions, to 
rule over their own bishopricks. However this e- 
vent was deemed by others, it was a very auspicious 
one to me ; for I now anticipated that the old mother 
Would soon have an American grand daughter. Peti- 
tion after petition crouded the legislative departments 
from every quarter for an established religion. It was 
incessantly proclaimed by the eastern Magis that re- 
ligion would inevitably fall a passive sacrifice to tlie 
imperious reign of infidelity! infidel France was 
pourtrayed as having lost every vestige of holiness 
for want of a legal bulwark to defend her religion!!! 

The clergymen of New-England posted themselves 
at the elbov/ of the legislators, and joined themselves 
in confederacy with the leadei^ of the people; and (to 
use the expression of old John Leland) said <^you 
comb my head, and I will scratch your elbows,'- or, 
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sapport and establishment^ ws will use all our inSu- 
enco to support yon. Fro a this source, 1 had the in- 
expressible satisiiiCLLon to hear the sacred desks re- 
sojiid With politics instead of gospel. From this 
source originated laws which iiiip)s:^d iiiies on all 
th)S3 to vtis which shoaid re naio aoy Cindderable 
ti.ae without teachers, or a tea oier of rcJLgijn a;id 
morality, T.iis necessarily held hi*::! a ^li-i^ty of 
einp! oytaent to aii those who iiaJ caui eno i\i;U and 
were disposed to purchase the sacred oSce of clergy- 
man. Tnis purcriase, however, was not direct and 
downright si ii ony, ^br ii consisted in obtaining those 
scholastic abiiiries, wh'c'i .vcre deened the proper 
quaiidcatioMS of a sacred priesr. 

I now oegau xo trln nph, tor I ioiagined t\iQ happy 
period near, when a na ne would be aii tiat woold re- 
main of tiie American repaoiic: and this I eiitirelj 
disregarded; for 1 am no bigot, therefore never pos- 
sess any great attach.iient to names. It is not the 
name, bni; the principal that I dreaJ, knowing that 
maiiy assn?ne the name, who are as far iro n boing 
republicans, as I am from being a christian^ and ma- 
ny at^ called christians, who are as far from being 
so, as I am from being a republican. , 

The obstreperous ferawlings of those who disap- 
pro\"ed of the measupes adopted by the adniiaistra- 
tion, added greatly to my joy. By this I learned 
that I had caused a division among the enviable 
Americans. This division continued, and the house 
of Saul waxed weaker and weaker; but the house of 
David waxed stronger and stronger. At length I 
grew seriously alarmed at the appearance of an op- 
position so povv^erful: I no longer considered it as a 
matter of joy, but Demetrius like, I trembled for my 
tottering Diana: my craft was in danger, and so it 
eventually proved, for I soon found the respective of» 
fees filled with another class of m^n^ differing mate- 



m 

Hally froai tlie former. They appeared to posses* 
principles corresponding with tlie ibrm of giyvern^ 
menu they liad begun to administer: they ten upon 
my Ci'ait and ovci'threw it from top to boiioin, killed 
it twice dead, piacKed it up by tiie roots a.id cast it far 
away. Thus, in an hour when I least expected ii, all 
my hopes were frustrated, and all my plots and 
schemes undone. In this dilemma, I retired to th© 
gloomy palace of despair, and foroid any to approach 
my presence: in sullen silence there I lay as driven to 
my last resource indeed. 1 at length arose, like a 
devil insane, and uttered forth painful howlings froin 
my volcanic lungs; my mouth vomitted flames; my 
liair w^as like hissing snakes of fire. All the iniernal 
regions yelled their echoes when I spake. I sword 
by the infernal gods, that I would make them smart; 
but Mdien 1 found that all n^j fury could avail m« 
nothing, I began to reflect more calmly, and conclud- 
ed to revisit the tlieatre \vhere all my brilliant scenes 
were so lately acted^ and where I had been so inglo- 
rioiisly repulsed. - 

I found those wiio had so lately held the reigns, 
now dispossessed of power; but their wills remained 
entire. They were uniformly determined in their 
sentiments, and professed a willingness to resume 
their former method of procedure. All that remained 
possible for me now to accomplish, was to re-elect 
the former oSicers, or bring forth a new race of poli- 
ticians, agreeing with my own sentiments. To ac- 
complish the former purpose, I began to move for- 
ward, and the first thing that I did was to draw a 
picture of France, in which infidelity was represent- 
ed sporting with Liberty. Over this picture I wrote 
^'hiarchy^ and directly under it, French liifliLence^ in 
plain characters. This I commanded to be capied 
from my original and distributed to all my faithful 
sorvants^ attended with orders that each man should 



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lay it before his ricighbor, and whisper in his car 
that t!us was the picture of America; ior libcrt} , said 
I, in the hands ci iitLdeln, is a poignard in the hearts 
of ail honest men. One circumstance I will here re- 
late; and that is, that my political Fiiiigion had gen- 
erated a race of deists or infideJs, in the following 
manner: >Vhen the light of erudition burst from the 
cabinet of science, it discovered my political engine 
With all its deformity, a.nd so pi ecipitate was the re- 
treat that many made from its presence, that they 
imperceptibly fell into the gulph of infidelity, by re- 
nouncing religion itself; for they nev er found a medi- 
lun hetween tiie holy religion of Jesus Cbrist and 
my political religion. It was indeed a source of 
joy to me to find, tliat my noble invention had driven 
enlightened minds to tiiis fatal extremity; yet I found 
them operating against me in the aifairs of a political 
nature, especially in America. Thomas Paine be- 
longed to the list of those who were my greatest 
friends, and yet my most inveterate enemies; and al- 
though I am indebted to him for the celebrated Ag© 
of Reason, yet his works of a political nature have 
been effectual to thw art my purposes; and the A2;e of 
Reason itself was a dear bought volume at best, tbr it 
called forth the united energies of the votaries of 
trutii in such a manner, tliat I eventually lost more 
than I ever hope to gain. But to return.- It may 
be easily understood, that the above described clr^ss 
of meu had unitedly attached themselves to a repubii- 
can gO' ernmsnt. This circumstance, there n>re, fur- 
nished a clue to the adMrnstration. I called forth 
my martialled hosts, and bid them plainly tell the 
people that thev were under the reign of infidelity, 
and that reliHon must fall a sacrifice to its direful 
powder. Having found Jefferson's notes on Virginia, 
I made th^ nation chime with the sound that Tom 
was willing they should have ^'twenty Gods^ or uq 



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Pod^"^^ ji^st wliicli siiitcd them best. Tvbile the sound* 
iiigbordsresoiaidedin cue cov.tmiiCii TGvAlne of infaTny 
to the deists, it was prociaiiiied by all the sacerdotal de- 
f artments that Jefierson held religion in contempt; (I 
know to my everlasting sorrow that he does hi>id po- 
litical religion in the utmost contempt) the very prompt 
assistance of so many reverend gentlemen gave me 
great assurance of success. . ' 

It was agreed by all departments of opposition, that 
the only v, ay to save a sinking land would be to ef- 
fect a change in officers, and 1 really believed that 
there was so much to be pretended against the pos- 
sessors of the helm, that the people would not hesi- 
tate to re-elect their former conductors. At the first e- 
lection, I stood waiting around, impatiently chang- 
ing my station from state to state, from district to 
district, in appearance not much unlike the hungry 
mastiff, whose glaring optics watch every motion of the 
kitchen-maid, wliile she brushes the crumbs from ofiT 
her master's table. But all my hopes and all niy fears 
terminated in disappointment. 

My next resource, therefore, was to my long fam- 
ed art of prostitution, fc^r I knew that those with 
whom I had to deal were by no means infallible, and 
I thought by fair experiment, to prove how far their 
high pretensions to republicanism would be reduced 
to practice, or how far their princiTle^ would be sa- 
crificed to policy It is to be understood, that the 
fallen pj^rty h?d established a sm^^ll navy for the pro- 
tection of the American coasts. This was indeed a 
painful circum.stance to me, for I had not yet relin- 

*^'l'he le^Uin ate prv/ers of government extfnc to 
such acts only as are iniurious to ctlcrs. But it does 
me no ii^jury f^-r rr^y reigl horto say there are twenty 
Gods or no Gcd, it neither picks my pcclet nor breaks 
my leg*'* — [Jefferso7iU J^otes on Virginia^ pGge 225.] 



qiiished all hopcB of conquering America by tlie force 
of arms; and every defensive measure was peculiarly 
disadvantageous to that design: therefore I availed 
myself of the opportimily of destroying them in their 
iniancy^ and 1 had the inexpressible satisfaction to 
gee a^i act early passed to sell the navy. 

I now realized what I had long believed concern- 
ing men, and plainly saw that no name could secure 
them from my ins^asions; and under a full prospect that 
America would be entirely defencelessj 1 began to lay 
thefoiirdation for a future war, by the continuation of 
the infauioi-s practice of imipressment. 1 his was fu- 
el to the fire of contention ah eady kindled; and al- 
thouglrl ne\er had pretended to justify so unprece- 
dented a violation ( f the ^^rbhts oJman/^jQt many na- 
tive Americans did. Meanwhile there was con- 
stant skirmishing about French influence and British 
torylsm, and many other things too numerous to men- 
tion^ which the hot headed politicians warmly con- 
tested about to no purpose; while it was a truth well 
known to me, that the great niass of people, called by 
different names, all meant the same thing. But a few 
factioiv demagogues on both sides, weie constantly 
infiamirg thepubliomind with party blinded zeal, aud 
leading the people a devious path from intestine peace. 
At length, alter many frintless attempts to accomplish 
my grand design, I grew outrageous and swore I 
would send them war. But this could not be efTect^ 
cd with(^i»t gon4e apparent cause, therefore I devised 
the following ]>'pn to draw these contemptible neutrals 
into a war with Kngland, and France also, if possible. 
The first movemei^t vns m an oblique manner, it had 
indeed the ap]>earanre of an attack upon the mi^sh- 
room monarch; but I had a peculiar design relating 
to Ammca. 

It w^« the celehrated blockade under the direction 
^f Charles J. Fox, declaring the coasts of Germany^? 

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France and Holland, to be under a state of rigorous 
blockade from Elbe to Brest, extendi g to about 
eight hundred miles. There never was an adequate 
force statio}ied to elTect a legal blockade of one third 
part of the coast included in the proclamation. This 
took place on the 16th of May, 1806. This I foresaw 
^Yould extort retaliatory measures from Napoleon, aud 
so it eventually proved, as will appear from the Ber- 
lin decree, which declared the whole British domin- 
ions to be in a state of blockade, when not a single 
French vessel dared to show itself on the high seas. 
This took place Nov. £1, 1806. This order was not 
enforce"d against America for a considerable time, but 
it reciprocated what the British worthies had done, 
and placed Am.ericans in an intolerable state of vex- 
ation; cuffed on the one side by George, and ticked on 
the other by Napoleon. While Americans were thus 
goaded, I grew desperate, and went on board the 
Leopard^ w here I gave the captain orders to fire up- 
on the first American vcvssel he met with; for I fon- 
clude^l to ^^kick theminto a war^^ Without any further 
ceremony. . 

The Chesapeake was the first which showe 1 us A- 
xneriean colors, and we politely saluted h r >vith a 
broadside. She w^as unprepared for fighting, and sur- 
rendei^d; but not until we had killed three of her men 
and wounded sixteen. This took place June 22, 180r, 
and had the desired effect on the Americans; they 
"were driven to the height of exasperation, and cried 
aloud for v/ar. But tfe philosophic Jefferson thought 
proper to clelay the meeting of congress four months, 
In order to give brother JonathanV^tm^ed imagiua- 
tion time to cooZ, and to let reason flow in its native 
channel already usurped by passio::^. 

Here I v;as again disappointed, and all that rc- 
inained forme to do, was to curse Jefferson by the 
maouth of all who felt opposed to him. I composei 



m 

an epithet coiitaining ten thousand cowards^ and 
supplied the rest with knave, rascal and vill ain. 
This I sent on an electioneering expedition throughout 
tiie states, resolving to try at this period what 1 had 
so long in vain tried before. All parties were clam- 
orous for war, and I supposed they would sooner 
change their officers than brook the insult; but the 
storm of passion abated before the election, and anoth- 
er disappointment ensued. I was so chagrined with 
this discomfiture, that I swore by all the infernal 
powers, that I would be revenged on the puny race of 
spiritless buck-skins. I then i*turned to the queen'§ 
palace, nor stayed to take a passage by water, but 
hoisted my dragon wings and made an aerial voyage. 
I soon invented the well known orders in council^ 
rightly named; for they first proceeded from the in- 
fernal hall of the Pandemonium, where all the peer- 
less sons of darkness sat in council, and by me they 
were transported to the palace in London, as this was 
the proper place to publish this unprecedented viola- 
tion of honor, faith, and '^the rights ofmanJ^ These 
wonderful orders in council burst from the womb of 
iniquity on the 11th of November, 1807. By these all 
Reutral vessels bound to France, or her dependencies, 
or to any other port from which British vessels were 
debarred; and farther, all vessels furnished with 
French consular certiiicates were declared liable tQ 
seiziire and condemnation. 

When one of the three fuiies had conveyed a copy 
of these orders to Bonaparte, he arose in great r^^^e 
and 'Hipt its rejoinderj^^ by his Milan decree. This 
wag dated December If, 180r, and declared all ehips 
good prize to the Frencii flag, which had been search- 
ed by any British vessel, or touched at an j British 
port- Here again wer' t- e f Americans in a horrid 
dilemma, for we pretended a right to our orders in 
^uucil, because they had acquiesced in the French 



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Beriiu decree; wlieu it never had been enforced a- 
gainst theai, consequently they had no i*ight to re- 
moustratej and Napoleon insisted that he had a right 
to his Milan decree, on account of tiie orders in coun- 
cil; and althouc.h i could not kick the?n into *a war, 
yet I kicked butli France and EngUind into a war 
with them, for at this period these two nations were 
virtually at war with America, although the Ameri- 
cans took no part, but bore the kicks with patience, 
unparalleled. 

Captain Humphrejjp, (the commander of the Leop- 
ard,) was called to trial; but I scood chief counsel- 
lor at the bar, and the judge quickly said to him, "vo- 
to convenit res in rem tuam. est^^^ and discharged him 
from the court with a higher com nissioii. 

I will here notice one great object of my exertions. 
My business with men has always been to divide 
them. I had divided individuals in America, and 
. would gladly have'divided w^hole communities. The 
name United Colonies or United States never sound- 
ed pleasant in my unhallowed ear. Early in Jeffer- 
son's administration I conceived that a separation of 
the states would be an essential accommodation to 
me, dividing the spoil, tQ take possession by piece- 
meal. The eastern states were to be separated fi otn 
the southern; and I expected to find things according' 
to my own mind in New Edgland, where Jiose-^ 
the law-giver, and Jlaron the priest had sf) long walk- 
ed hand in hand. While a considerable number of 
respectable gentlemen, (many of whom wore black 
gowns,) were engaged in this affair, and making 
their own arrangements, 1 waited on the president, 
and presented him with a wreath ofpopies, vviiich 
was fastened around his neck. This had a surprising 
effect, for he soon closed his eyes upon all that was 
|3assing in the north, and became more dormant thaa 



a winter sieeper.^ I left him under the care of Som= 
mis, and passed tlie whole line of essayists and pam*> 
phleteers, giving orders to attack the Union with 
their papei* cannon double charged. This incarnate 
iieamo/i continued to foment the public mind, aided 
by an Osgood, aParish^a Strong, and a Pickering, 
&c. &c. until it burst forth in the fumes of a Haf'tford 
convention. Since that crisis faction, the stalking 
spectre^ has been consigned to the. tomb of oblivion, 
and with it the names of its votaries, who, will heitce- 
forth be regarded only us the monunie .ts of human 
foliy: thus tiie separation of the states will enjoy th^ 
slumber of eternal repose, unless some future Henry 
should soniid its resurreetioix. When the President 
had recovered from liis torpor,^ he made a dreadful 
attack upon my very front, by laying an embargo. I 
called forth my martial hosts to encounter this mon- 
strum horrenduw, All the disaffected Americans 
entered largely into opposition against this law, ren- 
dering the administration contemptible, and smug- 
gling property. Here again were these pretend- 
ers brought t > the test; for many who professed 
jB^reat attachment to the cause of the embargo, were 
the most forward to violate this law. Forti^na ely for 
me, the law was never enforced, nor could it be, while 
British gold would buy toth the custom house and offi- 
cer. In short the embargo was rendered totally ii ef- 
fectual, only to injure America hy the i roduciion of 
a race of bankrupts. I now made every effort to en- 
stamp infamy upon the administration, hy represent- 
ing the officers as inveterate enemies of the people* 
This affliction was severely felt by ?^1 rlvisses; the 
merchants groaned for profit, the tip^leis for^una^? 
and old ladies for tea. 
The next thing I heard of, was a non intercouree 

^Gliye Branch, page 50. 

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iavv, forbidding any Frencli or English vessels to th- 
ter the harbors of the United Slates, on penuuy of 
confiscation. This 1 esteeined a very btiiu stej) in« 
deed, considering the source from wlieiice it origi- 
nateil, for it seeaied to nianiiesi aspirit ofresenimeat 
hitherto unknown to these inoffensive warriors: but 
I concluded that tiiey only intended to menace in or- 
der to affright, while they forbore to put themselves 
in a posture of defence. 

i having aMticipated much advantage from apoliti- 
cal combination, exhausted all my intellectual pow- 
ers in concerting the plan, but failed in my attempt. 
The words of tiie great and ever venerated Washing- 
ton, sounding in the ears of Americans, forbade the 
mad design* This being the case, it seemed to form 
a bulw^ark which appeared impossible to beat down 
either by forse or fraud. This produced a great des- 
pondency in my mind, I then withdrew to the Pande- 
monium, and called a council of the heads of depart- 
ments, to w^hom I spake thus: Ye sons of daikness 
hearken; the situation of the political affairs of Ame- 
rica demands a new arrangement, which your com- 
mander has not yet been able ta plot; a political com- 
bination to act either openly or in secret, is absolutely 
necessary: they cannot act in secret and many will not 
act openly, for they venerate the name of Washing- 
ton, who has said, and left it as his dying testimony, 
*<beware of political combinations/^ Who of all the 
sons of prostitution, can devise the plan to accomp- 
lish this admirable purpese? Speak ye, that can pro- 
pose the way, and purchase to thyself a diadem of glo*- 
ry. 

<^A long silence ensued, and each looked upon his 
fellow with a strange anxiety which besp ke tbe ex- 
treme difficulty of the case. At length Copenhagen 
Jackson arose, fraught with seduction, and transpoii- 
ed with- joy, and made the following declaration: 



I, even I? have just found out the plan wliicb will 
acco lipiisii ail tn-it we desire. Let, the iiaaie of 
Washingtjn 'cojipose a mask, luuler \vhicii our ever 
gi'owi;ig wickediicss iuay be covere(L Wlieu i Iieaid 
tills, the iiU'enial horizon of my soul was euiighiencd, 
nnd joy, such as devii:3 ieel, beamed through every 
avenue of my heart; and a Washingtoriian Beuevoieut 
Society burst to my view, Jouiided oi? this heiiish su- 
p rstructure, whose toweJng fabric arose iu majes- 
tic dariciiess,a]id overspread tiie whole theatre of ac- 
tiou. It was t!teu that I anticipated a longSDuglit 
viciiry over lib<*.rty, iirJepen lence, and that f jrai of 
goverii lient ever by im detested. A petition for a 
charter froui goverii ment was forwarded to tlie mas- 
ters of the Seid, against whom this engiiie of mischief 
was designe 1 to operate. The charter was granted, 
fi>r a mist of darkness a^u-ended frniu the bottomless 
pit, wiiich couritervetled the wHolc design: the banner 
was unfurled, and drums beat for volunteers in the 
csLWse'Jii berievolence. 

While things were in this situation, I began to feel 
the most awful bodings within. At length I really 
imagined that [ heard the somid of the great army of 
Heaven; in vision I saw the Immortal Washington 
at the head often thousand bright Angels, bearing in 
their wings the '^redurtillery of' Heaveiif^^ descending 
from the portals of the sky, to extirpate the wliole 
race of mortals who would dare to prostitute the 
name o(^*that sainted liero^^^ to the vile purposes of a 
political combination. I stood aghast at the terriuc 
appearanoe, and for a long time concluded tb|itthe 
whole embryo, which ha'J been generated in darkness, 
wonld prove an abortive monster. At length 1 foind 
that I had seen a phantom; but received it as an ad- 
monition, calculated to check my madness and re- 
strain my folly: however, I concluded to hazard eve- 
ry consen[uence and press forward, and nothing short 



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^T the courage of a deamon couid have prompted ifie 
to the pursuit of an enteii^prize so daring.*' 

I fiiust leturn to the war, which 1 have already 
said had begun on the part of France and Englaiid. 
1 have left the non-intercourse to others for decision;- 
as for niYscli, I never knew^ either the advantage or 
disadvantage of this measure. This Ido know, liow- 
e^er, tliat those who pi vssed the law, made no prepar- 
ation for w an and I began to despair of piovokiiig 
them to declare war against us, although we liad de. 
clared war against them, and taken 917 vessels from 
them, worth at lea'^t, eleven millions and forty-five 
thousand dollars. I then rallied ^\ my forces, and 
po^red contempt i pon the ** weakness arid pusillanim- 
ity of the government.*' Itvas proclaimed in Lon- 
don and re-echoed in America, that the government 
w as too cowardly to fight, and too spiritless to resent 
Loud, long and clamorous was the voice f r war^ 
*^open and decided war." Many v\ ho had been at- 
tached to the party in power, renounced them as pu- 
ny and unenergetic. Meantime we continued to add 
insult to injury, f r vre had now grown bold and me- 
nacing'. 1 here had, indeed, been a treaty conducted 
l)etween the t\M) contending powers; but a copy of it 
arrived in America, when Mr. Jefferson possessed a 
very great degree of ^elf-siifiiciency, and fortunately 
foi' me, he rejected it on his own responsibility;* but 
at this time, I had renounced all pretensions to nego- 
ciation, and began to dream of ^force of ?rms.' At 
length war was actimTly declared against England in 
due form, on the 18th of June, 1812. This roused 
the latent powers of my mind, for my unwearied ex- 
ertions were now called for to make a proper UFe of 
that, which I had a long time been gcncratire. On a 
scrutinizing examanation I founds that no adequate 

*Se€ Olive Eranch, page 46. 



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preparations had been made on tliepartof America!. 
I confess that i was asloiilshed at the iaibecility of 
the ••war-hawks/^ (as i ao^v caiied t-iein) in this res- 
pect, foa* it was obvioas to the wea^^est ca.'acity, that 
we had for a lon^ time par^ ?e 1 1 : ^v^ ii^^asures which 
led to open war, aud lit j^ally slept 

secure. Aftec giving s, v^ . . v. .. ... ... . v e to tha pros- 
ecution oi the war, on tne j> xi'" 0£ cr eat Britain, 1 be- 
gan my scheaie oioperaii:3 i i;i .^iierica. 

0ur ar^ny of darknci35 v is vei ir" )i'oed^ by a datach- 
merit of 5 }Q0 lyinp: sj^'iisis, 50G0 ia'ss prophets, 
15000- sediicci's^ 5000 bi-Loe beai^ers, (:o whOiD the 
secretary of Bis Majesty^s t^'-asnry aJ danced 
50,000,000 sterling, to purchase HiJLLs, Lsoxards, 
and traitors;) 50.000 specalacors, 5000 mathejiati- 
cia\is, to calculate ^'faxes,^^ ^Hrtv33^^ an 1 '^naiional 
debf^ unto the thirl anlfo>irth ^e'ler^ith^i^^ and a long 
catalfjgiie of political priests, all trtid d-scipies of Par- 
ish and Osf^^ood, who raised their hnpecuous an J trea« 
sonable declamations a^iinst the war. These rein- 
forcements w^^re all volunteers; some of the a wer% 
royal Brit>ns, some native Americans, and some 
from the smoky regions of t jroient-everlastin^. 
They w^ere all ordered in^o ImTieliate serv^ice; but 
not exclusively confined to any partiff min^li ig indis- 
criminately with all, where wild infatuation might 
chance to introduce them: they in many instances 
united all their forces in combination, and madofean 
appearance more formidable than an inundation of 
lava fi*om *Mtna^s yawning crater. Our paper bat- 
teries were repaired, and assigned to the coimaiand 
of Discordance, the coaimaudant of divisions. 

A peace partv was immediately formed, ^^of w^?\r- 
like materials,'' composed of those very characters 
who had a short time before endeavored to render t!tft 
government contemptible, because it ^^wou!d not b# 
kicked into a war/* However strange tki^i may 



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seem, it may easily be accounted for, when weconr 
sider that parties are always in opposition to each 
other, and that one party had .:Iready become a war 
party; consequently the other musi become a peace 
party. 

Tiie first fruits of thL combination was a confed- 
eracy o prevent the success of a loan which the im- 
povciiSiitd "xvar-hawks^^ liad been compelled to ask 
for. I knew that '^jiioney was the sinew of ivar^^ 
aiid concluded to cut the sinews in the first attack, 
that i might thereby enfeeble tlie body and cause it to 
fall an e sy sacrifice to our heroic bands. Discord- 
ance and his army made tkeir batteries resound with 
the declarations that Great Britain had always been 
ready and willing to make a treaty with America on 
fair and honorable terms, and was tlien ready; also, 
that WE were so magnanimous, that no advantage 
would be taken of the United States, should they be 
rendered tota !y defenceless, a^^d that tlie administra- 
tion was deteraiined to continue the war; that it 
M^ould make no peace while it had money enough to 
carry on hostilities. The priests assigned to his 
command, also brought in their sanctimonious declar- 
ations that all those who subscribed to the loan, were 
^^participators in, and accessaine^ to, all the'^ '^mnr- 
ders^^ that might take place in the ^'iinlioly^ unrighte- 
oiiSf wicked^ accursed^ and abominaUe warJ^ Old 
Impiator^ with his host of prostitutors, was very ac- 
tively engaged in this aifair, while ^^raro whispered 
loudly that those M^ho loaned their money, might 
whistle for_their pay. 

Bo&ton was the head-quarters of this most power- 
ful confederacy, and here the impartial observer 
might discover the towering spires all glittering with 
choicest gold. They seemed as if inscribed with this 
motto: Beli§;ion and moralitij reign liere. Beneath 
4^em hang the ponderous bells wliich echo the s@und^^ 



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*^wint see sitr xeol for the Loi'd of hosts J^ But wlieB 
he turns bis eyes within tfie lofty apartment, he dis- 
covers the ^^blind leader of tlie blind;^' for a majori- 
ty of diose sacred clergymen belong to the long cata- 
logue of those Vvlio deny their Lord that bought them to 
bring upon themselves swift destruction; they - ar« 
(P^ AiSTi*TRiNiTA.KiANS. Here pause; and cease 
to wonder, why Boston is the modern Pargamos^ 
when there are so many ^^synagogues of Satan wl:o 
say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie.*' HaTe I 
need to add that political religion flourishes in rich 
abundance here, and spreads its noxious influenco to 
the remotest corner of the American republi*^ 

The success which attended this deep concerted 
project, gave me great reason to believe that I sho Id 
soon see the final desolation of the last and only re- 
maining republic on earth. I expected soon to se© 
the American armies disbanded, the government 
"oankrupted, the frontiers undefended and exposed to 
the rathlegs tomahav*k of our red allies in the woods, 
the sea-ports opened to let in our Cockburns and 
GordoDs, and share the fate of Copenhagen. Fut all 
my high blown hopes were soon blasted; for I found 
the loans crowned with success in opposition to the 
united exertions of political priests, and infatuated 
politiciaas. Thus foiled in our attempts, I hasted to 
survey the fields of contention, sped my way to Eng- 
land, and soon heard the Prince Regent appeal to {\\% 
world, that G. Britain was not the ag,^ressor in tlie 
w^ar; and the lords of tht admiralty asserted that the 
war was declared after all the grievances were remov- 
ed. I gave comnvand to prosecute the war wRh all 
possible barbarity, and despatched a detachment of e- 
missaries to the aboriginees of America to 'engage ev- 
ery tomahawk and scalping knife which could be 
procured, or rather to engag^^ bands to use them, for 
w© furnished these implements in plentyj For the> ©«.- 




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f^nragemeiit of the savrges, I directed the more say- 
t^gc Britore to eifer iLtni tixtcen dollars lor every 
AiiiCrican scalp 

I new ccnciudedtLai my rrcccDce \\as ircst vpjnt- 
ed in Erst(.ii5 ard retuiiTicl tc leltoJd ^cire lc^ spe- 
ciniei;s cr treascrialle art! hiiatvhted rcrspiiacy a- 
gainst tl:e\^ ar. t ri my aiiivai ii.\ ears v.cre salu- 
ted \\ith tfce f xl iiii ating leveileratioii of the accusal 
tioiis. of Eiiti.Ui writers, \u\ich (straigeas it iiiay 
seem) v^ere niagnifed iii a t\\o fold pro' orticru A 
large rcrticn ot tie pitLlic v eie ^^alrcady iif au,ed 
"^ :l\ the ri est ft ai.tic exasperatioH rgaiKSTtlie Lcvern- 
xnent.^^ JS:y first business \\ as to endeavrr crce k ore 
to cut tl:c sirens oj ti^r; for airiiorgL 1 hid failed iu 
iry fast ^tiatageni, \er I Ird tlie 1 ardiheed tc rrj th 
event of a, secoRd. Tic ^^iLGrcd end rcligiGvs^^ tcwu 
of Boston fgair proffered tleii assist? r re, and open- 
ed their liarbfrs ler trace, in op}cs^Jion to all the 
laws of their cortin ii^aled goven niert. ^'\\a(iniS of 
giTiijgglers so<>]ifciid their \vay thither, for ^^rcliere 
the carcase iSfthertwill the eagles hegaihered together.^' 
Eoston SMH ^oon filled with worse than stolen goods, 
mid the streets were soo). crowded with n ciThants 
waiting to exchange link bills and prcnif-sory notes 
fo^r them. This soon filled the Boston ian coffers with 
lank hills, and gave the possessors pover to n ake 
intolerahle crafts of specie or a-n est all the hrnl s in 
the tr ion: hy this means the Inks of Kew York, 
f hiladeiphia, Ealthr.ore, Ei In end. ^nH many oth- 
ers, were literally crrinrd o' sifcle, Wihile i* wassu- 
prrahnndant in Eg ten. A wide and fearful alarm 
took i^are, and He eensenrerce %yas looked for with 
^r-rrov. Tar k):\']^^cies took i lace. Some vJ;o had 
«nl scribed to the loars^were iina^^f^ tofiJfil their e^- 
rageipcnts, vhile ctleis were ekbartcd from siib- 
seribing by the nrparalleled s arcity of money: conse- 
qeiendy the loan vhich was then pending was im- 



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Miensely curtailed, to the embarrassment af tlia go¥» 
ernment, and public distress; ^Hliis was the nefarious 
\ rijject in viexvJ^ 

1 tben detached a band of emissaries to Quebec, 
with ordei's to open a correspondence between the 
British government, and (Q^-^our friends" in Bos- 
ton; for I conceived that 1 might receive a double 
[i profit from the accumulated mass of specie, which 
' lay hoarded up in Boston: accordingly, British gov- 
ernment-bills were transported to Boston, there to b© 
excha iged for specie, which specie I immediately 
transmitted to Canada^ ta desjjatch our red allies to 
i feast on the blood of the unfortunate Americans. Thus 
: by the assistance of the peerless Bostonians, I was 
enabled to weaken the claxvs of the repenting war- 
hawks, and strengthen the]>au-s of the British lions. 
Great and unwearied exertions were made by all de- 
partments of opposition to discourage enlistments, 
while all possible efforts were making on the part of 
our armies, who now began to talk largely of uncon- 
ditional submission ^iw the part of America. 

When things were thus situated, how^ could I but 
hope soon to behold the long wished-for day, when 
the laurels of immortal fame, dearly bought in the 
American revolution, would only stand as lasting tro- 
phies of our victory over jthe declining wearers; when 
I should see the haughty, independent spirit of ^76 
low bending before the remorseless tyrant #f Albion^s 
fair Me, and in h?imble accents give up the ghost;- 
and hut for a fev ^^xvho stood firm amidst revolted 
midtitudes,''^ I should before this moment have hailed 
the full accG iiplishme/»t of all that my infernal soul 
could ask or wish for* But alas, long to be remem- 
bered by me v^rith sors^ow^ I found a Harrison^^ a 
Brown, a Scot^, a Gaiaes, a Macamb> a Coilee,^ a 
Carrol, a Taeksofi, and in^.ny others, rompelliiig iii^ 
Majesty's forces to leave the sanguine field covere<l 




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with their dead, and Iheir arms with disgrace. 
Wliile Hiiii, Di^catur, Bainbridge, Jones, Perry, Por- 
ter, Macdonougli, and many others, have crowned 
the United States with naval glory, to tlie mortifica- 
tion of the enemies of the war, and the endless disho- 
nor of the^'pr;}:ti ii^ders qfthd mabu^^ I'hardly need 
to add, that 1 have been once at least deceived, al- 
though I miglit enumerate the capture of Washing- 
ton, the burning of Buffalo, a traitorous Hull, a cow- 
ardly Smyth, or a Queenstoa battle: yet these can af- 
ford me no sources of jov, but only serve as speci- > 
mens of intolerable disappointment; for I had fondly 
hoped to And the Americans all Hulls, or Van Rens- 
selaers, or Smyths. Or why should I relate an ac- t 
count of the Hartford Convention, at sight of which Ij 
even Satan must redden with shame. 

To conclude, I have learned t'xat God, the God 
wiiose power I dread, is engaged as the guardian 
and protector of the American republic, and that all 
the united exertio is of earth or hell can never over- 
thro^T what he designs to keep. But notwithst^\nd- ij 
iiig, I can yet boast my thousands slain even in this * 
ii}fant clime: and while I thus contemplate Amerca, 
in strains of exultation, I appeal to the sanguiiie fields 
of Europe incessantly drenched v.ith h^imau gore, alt 
produced by my policy; and without exaggeratioi; I 
say almost all by political religion. The rivers, yea, 
oceans of blood which have been shed, ft*om Abel to 
the last bleedinp; mortal tliat led to the reahns of sol i- 
tirle by the hands o'his fellow, may be adde 1 as th® . 
e'v^cf of my seduction. I am sometimes a naz^d ^o 
see the most en!i^''itened men the imivei'se can boast 
of, noblv plotting: sHiemes to destroy their fellow men; 
and what is move truly astonishing, those who pub- 
lish GT.AT) TIDINGS OF PEACE, are fouud amon^ the 
ho«ts of h'rnan butcher'^. This practice w^as 6rst 
hvoiight into fashion by Constantine the gi'eat* v/h?# 



! 



C^9) 

made the cross his ensign; for soon cross against cross 
appeared as the hallowed banners of contending de- 
mons. From tlience in plain succession proceeds the 
christian chaplain. But enough: who does not here 
see the uniiaih^wed face of political religion? 

*^Philo PacifiCiis or the friend of peace'^ is now 
teaching tne listening world that war is an unrivalled 
evil, fraught with injustice aud misery. Should his 
labors prove ^^uccessful, I shall sustain an irrepaira-- 
bleloss,by the annihilation of my long-loved warfare: 
Such an event would be to me intolerable. I first be- 
gan the game ard heaven's wide plain was the field 
(jf action. All \^ ars originate from nie^ yet not \^ ith- 
out permission Irom above. But I stand secure from 
all attempts iter universal peace, moie fearlevss than 
the massy oak before tlie evening breeze of summer, 
assured that while kings live %iars live also. Long 
have I spoiled on the tented fields! long have I fan- 
ned the ilames of strife! long have I scattered fire- 
brands, arrows aud death among the litigating crovvd! 
I^lso prompt the nev^er ending contentions among 
the unnumbered sectaries of religion! and altho' 
good men, no less respectable than nsmero^is, reite- 
rate the terms o? union: yet as soon may sun and sea 
unite; as soon the night and day; for men prefer 
men's traditions and God's commands are-iherebj 
made ^H>f none effict.'' In addition to the native ©p- 
positions which exist in religious sentiments, the f 1- 
lowing procedure has greatly augmented the jarring 
animosities among professors. 

The preacher, filled with zeal for tho advanceuicnt 
of Ais cai;se deals off his anathemas agaiiisthis dis- 
senting brethren: his pathetic address holds forth th/* 
sentiments of his antagonist^ and nine.ieen times out 
of trvcnty in a false is^arb. He fills a long catalogue 
of incoiisistencics, errors, and presumptions; then 
holding? forth the black lettered list, these^ he crie^ 



tiiesc, my mucli-loved hearers, are the docti'ines tlicj 
preach, (aihiding to his opponents unnamed yet un- 
derstood,) these are the falsehoods they palm upon 
their credulous followers, these are the rocks of des- 
truction which I entreat you to avoid, lest jou foun- 
der on them, and fall for ever! Haying thus painted 
this gigantic figure, he next proceeds, agreeably to 
his precvmcerted plan, to ^^encounter the 7vind'miU;'^ 
calls in the aid of reason and revelation to demon- 
strate the justice of his ovm sentimefits, in opposition 
to those he has had the effrontery to palm upon his 
neighbor; though in truth, they have no other origin 
than the fantastic regions of his own bi^ains. 

This w^orst of sophistry is frequently resorted to; 
and many preachers use it from ignorance or mis- 
conception of the sentiment they endeavor to oppose, 
while some perversely practise this impious fraud, for 
110 other purpose than to maintain these sentiments 
that truth, naked and unhlusliing truth, disdains to 
aid and rejects with indignation! Many good 
men have also been seduced, and in. j^ome ir.sta*ic€s 
have assisted more in building up the cause of infi-^ 
delity than all the infidels inthe-tiniverse: Siicli is tfio^^ 
depravity of mortals! When public defamation be- 
gins in any quarter of the ^(religions itvorhl^^ its efferls 
are electric, it involves its thousands in t!ie same iiii' 
holy war; for spinas beget spirits like themselves ani 
lie that hurls these javelins of discord is sin^e to Fce 
them returned with redoubled vi^^or, thus one I^aish 
w^ird oft times becomes the father of a thonsauQ i.VA\ 
what is still more pleasing to me, ill-blood and enmi- 
ty between the parties, I see no cause v/hy chris- 
tians shouM hate each other because they are not a- 
greed in sentiment: but by my grand devices tiiis ad- 
mirable purpose is sometimes most efiectually acconi- 
plished. 

When by any means I can insure a preacher witfe 



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iiiordiirdte ilcsire for ]:0]]nlariiijf 1 consider it as 

„.iiincus of gro\vii]g depravity in his mind, and a fa- 

Ital pjclude to his approaching do^wlfall. lor this 

rpose I often attend those that wear the sable ves- 

J to their desks, and when they pomi forth tor- 

is of "inspired eloquersce/' cansing the hearts of 

-r.iiits to glow Avith love and zeal, and the sin-harden- 

ted lieart of a deamon to recoir within Ids breast, I 

^etimes fly tar from the tormenting .sound, and 

t impatiently fcr the conclnsion, still horering in 
JJieair, or invisibly standngat respectiii] distance on 
•^ ': earth; no sooner has Amen escaped h43 pansmg 

, tlian I am there, and as I once shewed his mas- 
tier all the kingdoms of the world, so I now shew^ him 
Ijk whole assembly bathed iiy tears, and whisper sofily 
i|n his ear "w^ll done good and faithful servant,'^ he 
is enrapturedr at the sound, and in strains of selfad- 
miration w^alks down the stairs; there he meets a 
s:ni] in g brother or a losing sister, who grasps his 
hand, and with entliusiasm repeats ©n the flooi-, 
what I have said already in the desk. Semetimes it 
all seems to pass by him, like the idle, whistling 
wind, neglected and ni^regarded;' yet I am not dis- 
couraged, though seemingly repulsed; but in some 
future, convenient season, in his more unguarded 
Jiours, I bring all these things to his remembrance. 
When any sect becomes popular, I generally con- 
sider it as an important event: for this is the first step 
towards their becoming political, and the iUiterati 
gradr.ally decreases. I fear an old John Bunyan, 
w ith his bag of tinkering tools upon his back, more 
ithan a^liost of black-coated gentlemen, with their 
jedueatiiap. This might seem sti^ange, for learning 
is of great utility to preachers of the gospel^ butlcan 
solve the problem, by saying that many preachers de- 
pendmore upon their scholastic abilities than their 
iSk)d,- and h^^horse is a rain thin^for sqfehjj^ 
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It affi>rcfe iite amusement to contemplate ithe 
rious extremities into whicb both preachers and 
pie ape driven; sometimes the preacher is rolling 
splendor in his gilded chariot, receiving with punctil 
ious exactness his ^Hastvute^\of the sixteen thoiisaiii 
pounds of tobacco, or the tenth of all the hard-earnej 
fruits of the earth and calves of tlie stall, wrung froi 
the oppressed hand of a degraded peasant. Wh 
sectaries raise their incessant declamations against 
the hirelings, the saiariCvS, the tythes, and the taxes, 
I hurry them precipitately over the ^^middle ucj 
' ^id leave the preacher to v:ork his passage or starve:. 

When education is the essential qualiji cation of a 
sacred priest^ many graceless preachers grace the 
desk, from these I have little to fear, and therefore 
use every artifice to promote the minister-making 
busines, it is sport for me to hear men talk of serd- 
iiig their sons to college to make them ministers^ for 
know that none but God can m^ke. a good o?ic; aga| 
I am well pleased to hear a certain class of preaCi 
ers and people '^despisi7ig instnictimi.^^ A leariv 
dunce and an ignoramus are both alike to me, as 1 
know them both to be disqualified to preach the gos- 
pel. 

A society for the purpose of making ministers 
been lately formed. A pamphlet by Mr. ^eec 
iasbeen tvvice printed, in w! ich a loud and lamen 
ble call is given to the friends of the souls of men, 
treating them to come^forward with their cash 
qualify indigent youn^men fcr the gospel minist 
for rich men have only qualified three thousand, 
calculating one preacher to one thousand people, 
thousand are wanted; for five millions of the inh 
tants are said to be destitute of the means of sal^ 
tion. Mr. Beecher says that, ^^illiterate men h 
never been chosen of God to build up his cause. 
JThus, three thousand methodist local, and six huR 



i 



dreti and ninety-five toareiling prcacliers, together 
with one tliousand nine hundi*ed' and fifty-four regu- 
larly ordained baptist pi^eachers^ and a large number 
of licentiates, are rejected in toto^ and it is declared 
that *^in the whole christian world there is not anoth- 
er country containing one fourth part as many inhab- 
itants so deplorably destitute of competent religious 
instruction as the people of the United StateSc'^ It is 
.also said that men cannot preach the gospel unless 
they possess a competent knowledge of the language 
in which the scriptures were originally written; at 
the same time it is a fact that not more than one 
sixth part of those thi^e thousand chosen preachers 
understand the Hebrew language; and the scripture 
was orighially written in this language; therefore on- 
ly fiye hundred preachers in America can preach tho 
gospel! The reverend Dr. Parsons has said in his 
address before the society that, ^^It is not by preac>i- 
ing repentance and faith exclusively, that the inter- 
ests of religion are promoted: there is a state of so- 
ciety to be formed by an extended combination of in- 
stitutions; religious, civil and literary, which ne\ er 
exist without the co-operation of an educated Minis- 
try." Should the grand object of these gentlemen 
be accomplished, I hope soon to see Political Religion 
raising a revenue of tythes i^ proportion to what th# 
church establishment in England and Ireland does, 
which is seyenteen millions two hundred and fifty 
thousand per annum. 

The present posture of my empire of darkness i^. a«5 
follows: The world is said to contai® eight hnndred 
millions of inliahitants;=^ of thes<^ only ei.^ht millions 
are free and '^dependent, enjoyin^;^ the blessings of 
liberty and the ri«?hts of man. Seven hundred and 
ninety two ^nillio^is of the inhabitants of the globe 
are nnikr the pestilential influence of monarchical 



^'See Buck's Miscellany, vol. II. page 237. 



governmcY^t. and vveai* the galjing cliahis of tyranrty 
and despotism. Four lrui]dred and eighty-one mil- 
lions are enveloped in pagan darkness; tlic Grea( 
God Jiigernauu the Black Bull of Trajan, and the 
river Ganges, all hold eomniission.^ as under my con- 
trol. It is indeed a truth, that a few of the sons of 
consolaticn, and a few of iiie B(>anei*ges iiace are 
making feeble efforts to introduce Christianity to these 
benigbied regions; yet as I hold them by native riglit 
and ancient custoai, I am determined to dispute ev- 
ery incii of ground before tlie invading ranks of mis- 
sionaries. JNor shall I remahi inactive in sending 
missionariefe to India, if l>y any means those may 
fee sent whom I shall choose to ser»d. 

One hundred and forty millions of the inhabitants 
of the globe, are cheated with the Alcoran; the follow- 
ers of Mahomet; over this host of musselmen my 
reign is uninterriiptedo 

Kinemilliousof the inhabitants of the globe are 
Jewp, though they were once tl e favored of the Lord* 
yet now *^the veil is over their heart/' they are per- 
versely blind, they know not the ^'Jioly oiie of IsraeL*^ 

One hundred and seventy millions of the inhabi- 
tants of the globe are called christians: of these one 
liundred and twenty millions are of the Greek church 
imder aii the curses of political religion, and Roman 
Catholits still praying to departed saints, still 
'^^rcorshipping the beast and Ms imageJ^ 

Fifty millions of the inhabitants of the globe are 
protestants, of these a large majority, make no pre- 
tensions to religion, and a majority of those who pro- 
cess religion, profess '^politieal religiop,*' among the 
nr^mber who profess to have ccmie out from the warld^ 
many are at best but painted hypocrites: From^he 
above statement it may h(- seen, that among Pagans^ 
Mahometans, Jews, political reV'e:ionists, and hypo- 
<riies^ an overwhelming majority of the inhabitanti 



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of the globe are ^^led captive at my wUlP^ America on- 
ly^ of ail the iiatious of the earth, refus^^s to submit 
to wear the oppressive yoKe of tyranny and reiigiotis 
establishments; and I am almost hopeless as it re- 
spects her political aSairs, a^ there seems to be very 
little i^round to hope, for eit! er monarehial goverhment 
or political religion, i am now more than ever con- 
vinced thai ihey stand or fall together, and without 
one i never can establish the other, they like twin 
sisters walk hand in hand. 

While many rejoice at the present situation of reli- 
gious affairs in America, I daily hear the plaintive 
groans of preachers, whose hoary locks bear witness 
that tliey have grown old in the service of Emanuel, 
while takiiig a prospective view of the present stat® 
of religion, tiieir language is as follows: 

^^Time was, when truth, the golden truth ^as it is 
in ChrUt^- siione in transparent brilliance round the 
tents of the hated, persecuted, and despised followers 
of the larah. When those who proclaimed the ever- 
lasting councils of Jehovah, sought to please none but 
him that '^ called Va^m to be soldiers,^^ the melting 
hearts, the streaming eyes of thase^of whom the 
world was not worthy,' bore living testimony to ths 
origin of that gospel thus proclaimed nn simplicity 
and truth,' while each heavenly precept, thus en- 
forced, shone conspicuous in the lives of those who 
worshipped God 'm spirit and in truth.' The fields, 
the lanes, the hills and groves, bore witness to the 
prayers and holy meditations of these ^pilgrims and 
strangers on the earth.' 

Alas! where now is the humble faithful preacher? 
Where is the soul-cheering sound of Gospel grace? 
^^herc now is the self-abasing doctrine of the cross^ 
where istkc humble follower of the spotless Jesus! 
Who is he tliat is ZS^y contending ^earnest- 
ly for the faith once delivered to ths sai^Wr pri^w i^-i 



varii glory attsiitl most part. Most part seek ta 
])Iease men more tliaii Cod/ oh tl;at the soft liaiid of 
death had dosed my languid eves before 1 had beheld 
the painful scene. Some friendly aiigef, c?iSt thy 
golden mantle round me/arid thus hide my memorial 
from the condescendiDg hosts of seekers; seekers af- 
ter what? an empty puii' of noisy breath, 'a flattering 
world, a frieiidiy devil and a gracious Pope.^' 

^•Nevertheless the foundation standeth sure having 
this seal, the J-.ord knovreth them that are his, altho* 
a Hymen as and Alexander turn away ,^Itliough a Be- 
mas loves this present evil Vvorid, and forsakes the 
Apostle of the Lcrd.'^ 

''The 7Vorhi has become friendly to religion or re- 
ligion has become friendjy to the %(>orId; But ai^e 
not men 720W what tkey ahvays ttere the enemies of 
God; who hath changed the iin)?lacable ermity of 
their hearts? Give mc then that religion tliat those 
hate whotiate my Gorf, and wliile my faitlleriug tongue 
can liear witness, this /n/f/f shall hv mv testimony; 
ih(^ heart of man is evil, only evil f.nd that contin- 



^See Luther's commentary on the Gallatians, p. 24; 



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OONCLUDINS .V5;-)^233 TO THE PRINCE 

Fell tvra:it ufd-spai- ii ).v long wilt tho:i rage iu 
Yaiii! And canst t:i ja triu Apli in biiy rei^^u! \V aei-e 
has vittory perciied on thy i li^mal brow! Wiicrg 
kave tuy Jo^stiag iegbn^ rrla i -lie I over the unmo- 
lested purposes oi clic .vin^ Si iiea\^eiii >Viic in ju, tho' 
of lies the Maer, iia^ard aov the bjid ass^i-tion taat 
any of tliy heu-concerted plots uave proved saccess- 
fui; clank then the brazen fcitcrs tuat bind thy \vi%xi' 
acted feet; Look apward to thy native iieaven, be- 
hold thy con iieror and king. Look downwa?*ds lo 
the yawning pit, and there behold thy prisj i, and 
thy doom! Look on the earth, behold Ue reikis; h@ 
holds an nndeviating sway, over heaveii, eaxtn and 
hell, and all thy deep concerted plots have h'xi sub- 
served his purposes* Look backwards anJ behold 
thy ever restless machinations overruled for good: 
Man by thy temptation fell, aaddreauul was the fall 
to theei for thus heaven'>s eternal coaicU, barsting 
froai the caoinet of eternity, appears to ^nortal vi^ v. 
This God's incarnate son bends low in hamaaforn! 
Didst thou inspire the rebelUoas sons of Abraha a, 
-and the cruel Roman banls to slay! slay w ion! 
who^ii God eternally destined to be s]al?ij his orUy 
son: Look for vai'd and behold the rising spi?nl)r, 
the a'Tibient calory of Emanuel, bursting ii*on the 
cha abers of the east! seraphic le^ioiv- J eoj tbeir aid! 
Li^ht bursts on the reg;ions of obscurity! The gospel 
now is she ld^!i,5 i^^^ radient spleni -^r on the shades of 
d »ath. Hark! thy chaiii awaits thee! enjoy 
"^^n (if such as thou can joy) the passing moments^: 



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m tliey flv) for Roorij too soon for thee, that dark a 
bjss shall be the circuit of thy reign: Already d 
the hearts ot saints begin the joyful {.alpitation: Al 
ready are the balmy wings of peace brooding over th 
astonished world: W hile ^'Tcqjhet is ordained of ok 
for the king it \s prepared, the pile thereof is larg 
and much w ood and the breath of the Lord like 
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